Designated land
Pat O'Toole on 19 Mar 2021
Land Report: trends in the farmland market
Dairy farmers are driving the land sale and rental markets, but Pat O’Toole asks if CAP reform is about to affect the balance between the two.
Amy Forde on 17 Mar 2021
€15m fund for designated land ‘under discussion’
Funding for the €15m/annum payment has not been secured but the payment is under discussion.
Amy Forde on 06 Mar 2021
Map: where Ireland’s designated land is located
This week the Government announced proposals for schemes for the country’s designated land. Here’s where most of that land is located.
Amy Forde on 03 Mar 2021
Designated land: €490/ha payments proposed
Farmers could receive €400/ha to have 'exclusion areas' to prevent livestock entering certain habitats under the proposed schemes.
Amy Forde on 03 Mar 2021
Government proposes grants up to €490/ha for extensive grazing and rush control
The Department of Heritage has proposed a range of schemes for farmers on designated land to conserve habitats and birds. Amy Forde reports.
Amy Forde on 07 Feb 2021
More designated land needs landowner ‘buy-in’ – Minister Noonan
The Minister of State at the Department of Heritage has said that member states are obliged to demonstrate progress in designated new protected areas.
Amy Forde on 27 Jan 2021
IFA regional meetings: the issues facing farmers on the ground
Four IFA regional meetings took place in the last week, ahead of Thursday's AGM. The Irish Farmers Journal news team highlights the main issues from the floor at the meetings.
Amy Forde on 27 Jan 2021
Calls for top-up payment for farmers on designated land
Farmers with designated land called for a top-up payment on their land, adding that in the last REPS they received a payment of €242/ha.
Amy Forde on 20 Jan 2021
Designated land must be considered for agri-environmental schemes - report
It is estimated that 35,000 Irish farmers have designated land and they are restricted with what they can do with that land.
Amy Forde on 02 Dec 2020
Western farmers to be paid to rewet bogs, plant trees
The Wild Atlantic Nature Life project, a nine year scheme, will see farmers with blanket bog in 24 Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) paid to restore the bog.
Amy Forde on 27 Nov 2020
Designations will be kept ‘central’ in design of next CAP - McConalogue
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue will "try and reflect" land designations in the next CAP "as best we can", he told the INHFA AGM.
The Dealer on 19 Aug 2020
Tricky times ahead for farm leaders
Complex policy platforms will be hard to get agreement on within, and where possible between farm organisations. But it has to be done if pressure is to be applied on the Minister and Government
Amy Forde on 19 Aug 2020
New land designation could hit roads and planning permission – INHFA
The Commission has proposed that 10% of EU land should be strictly protected and that peatlands also become strictly protected.
Amy Forde on 12 Aug 2020
Concern that designations could 'slip under the radar' in CAP plan
New land designations will affect from the "top end of Inishowen, down to Connemara and down to west Kerry", INHFA president Colm O'Donnell has said.
Amy Forde on 12 Aug 2020
Fears of 'mother of all' land designations
The EU has proposed that 30% of its land become designated for biodiversity, with 10% of this land to fall under strict protection.
Amy Forde on 07 Aug 2020
New land designations are ‘rewilding by another name’
Proposals from the European Commission to designate strictly protected areas for biodiversity have been met with criticism from the INHFA. Amy Forde reports from Williamstown, Co Galway.
Amy Forde on 05 Aug 2020
IFA warning to NPWS to ‘proceed carefully’ with SAC plan
Last week, the Irish Farmers Journal revealed a raft of proposals from the NPWS for schemes for farmers on Natura 2000 lands.
Amy Forde on 05 Aug 2020
Hill farmers question plan for designated land
History will show how when REPS was introduced it was the carrot that paved the way to introduce SAC and SPA designations, according to the INHFA.
The Dealer on 01 Aug 2020
The Big Dealer: Irish dairy farmers donate milk to Yemen
Drones over farms, Cullinan and his deputy, Woulfe back at Teagasc, WR Shaw rumour, the demise of cheques and much more in this week's The Big Dealer.
Amy Forde on 31 Jul 2020
Proposal to survey hedgerows and map Ireland's grasslands
The NPWS has suggested that a range of research be carried out to assess the country’s habitats and species on designated land.